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in large part romney won the debate because president obama lost it. he was not having a good night. we expect a much more forceful president obama this time around. the other question is how well can you connect with the town hall voters? we'll see a different style of debate. traditionally, this is not mitt romney's strength to kwekt connect with the average american. but we've been seeing a much more personable side of him in the last few weeks. that's something he did well with in the first debate. that he doesn't give any answers that sound odd or disconnected r emphasize his wealth. there the latest gallup poll shows mitt romney leading by two points. how concern sd the obama camp about getting another boost from tuesday's debate? >> i think for all the the hype and hysteria, the national polls really didn't move that much. it's still within the margin of error. and democrats are holding onto the life raft of wisconsin, ohio, and iowa. if president obama can win those three states, it makes it difficult for governor romney to run the table and ge
in large part romney won the debate because president obama lost it. he was not having a good night. we expect a much more forceful president obama this time around. the other question is how well can you connect with the town hall voters? we'll see a different style of debate. traditionally, this is not mitt romney's strength to kwekt connect with the average american. but we've been seeing a much more personable side of him in the last few weeks. that's something he did well with in the first...
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susan, first of all, how much does this employment number blunt mitt romney's debate momentum? and do you think the white house is going phew, relieved at this? >> if not popping champagne bottles. two-ways in which this number was so useful to the white house yesterday. it got the unemployment rate below 8% which has been kind of a line of demarkation. the romney folks have made a big deal about it being above 8% for so many months all through president obama's tenure. the other thing is the timing. i mean, all the reviews from the debate has been so negative for president obama. and this just automatically changed the subject. at 8:30 yesterday morning we stopped talk thing about the debates and started talking about improvement in the jobless numbers >> yes. david with respect to the conspiracy theorists out there, mitt romney is not latched onto all threat rick. but could all this talk, this talk, could it damage him in the long run? i mean, in some ways all it does is just highlight the fact we're talking below 8%. >> absolutely, alex. i think that the romney campaign didn
susan, first of all, how much does this employment number blunt mitt romney's debate momentum? and do you think the white house is going phew, relieved at this? >> if not popping champagne bottles. two-ways in which this number was so useful to the white house yesterday. it got the unemployment rate below 8% which has been kind of a line of demarkation. the romney folks have made a big deal about it being above 8% for so many months all through president obama's tenure. the other thing is...
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vegas debate, tim pawlenty trying and failing to criticize romney in the new hampshire debate. basically, everyone has been scratching their head as to why people won't more directly engage romney. he's the front-runner and there's 50 days until iowa. he continues to skate through the debates without having to answer tough criticisms from his opponents. >> who did the worst? >> cbs was panned for the performance in the debate. it was a 90-minute debate but they cut off airing it after 60 minutes. lots of frustration. michele bachmann critical of not getting enough questions, ron paul complaining about the way that he was dealt with during the debate because he's different than the rest of the republican establishment on the stage. a lot of frustration with the way that the debate played out. >> let's get a quick look at the grsk of the primary schedule. is this going to hinge on south carolina and should mitt romney be concerned? >> south carolina, no one has w won the -- since 1980. there's really no front-runner there right now. rick perry was supposed to be the southern cand
vegas debate, tim pawlenty trying and failing to criticize romney in the new hampshire debate. basically, everyone has been scratching their head as to why people won't more directly engage romney. he's the front-runner and there's 50 days until iowa. he continues to skate through the debates without having to answer tough criticisms from his opponents. >> who did the worst? >> cbs was panned for the performance in the debate. it was a 90-minute debate but they cut off airing it...
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what does romney gain, then, by doing these debates? because they just seem to bruise him of late? if you were advising him, do you think he should just bow out of future upcoming debates? of pe's going to have to debate president obama, the incumbent. this is it a learning curve for everybody. i think governor romney has done a pretty good job, but you're not going to be run 00% on top of your game aum the time. these are learning curves that are necessary as you go into the general election. and the debates, of course, volcano newt gingrich's strong point, but, as you get into these other primaries and super tuesday, what you see is that governor romney has a strong organization, a strong fund raising edge, makes it harder i think for newt to compete over the long term. newt needs a win to stay in it i think. >> former south carolina's governor's wife jenny appeared on "hardball" this week. here's what she said on "hardball" about newt gingrich. >> as a voter, i encourage people to look at both sides, the personal side and if you're going to overcome somebody's moral failings or
what does romney gain, then, by doing these debates? because they just seem to bruise him of late? if you were advising him, do you think he should just bow out of future upcoming debates? of pe's going to have to debate president obama, the incumbent. this is it a learning curve for everybody. i think governor romney has done a pretty good job, but you're not going to be run 00% on top of your game aum the time. these are learning curves that are necessary as you go into the general election....
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they were used by romney camp this week. ratchet up attacks been gingrich in debate. vocal supporters in the audience. flood market with mailers and tv commercials and send surrogates to gingrich campaign events. is this classic strategy if you have the money to do it or is there something new here? >> i was pretty surprised reading the new york times story that this was the story the romney campaign wanted coming out last week. they allowed attacks and the process of their attacks to become the story. you saw the same thing at the debate the other night. while mitt romney was more disciplined, he still remained disconnected from the challenges middle class voters are facing. they allowed money managers and the moon to be the story coming out of the debate. i think if you're an average person at home, you're scratching our head and thinking, well, why do i want to hear about their attacks against the other candidates and the stuff they have to take to do that? why don't -- i want to hear more about what they're going to do to make our economy better and get the middle
they were used by romney camp this week. ratchet up attacks been gingrich in debate. vocal supporters in the audience. flood market with mailers and tv commercials and send surrogates to gingrich campaign events. is this classic strategy if you have the money to do it or is there something new here? >> i was pretty surprised reading the new york times story that this was the story the romney campaign wanted coming out last week. they allowed attacks and the process of their attacks to...
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he gave romney the first debate that romney didn't clearly win. i give gingrich the best week and romney the worst. >> how about, christina, your thoughts? >> i think michele bachmann had a good week. she did well in the debate. she released a new book this week. who knows what's going to happen, but she's still staying in this, even though she has less money. so that's something to throw out there. and the worst week, this is obviously congress. and really they haven't been paying the consequences. they're not holding town halls, they're not hearing that much from their constituents and the failure is everybody's. >> so if you look at it that way, 535 people had the worst week? >> exactly. >> okay. doing the math there. thank you so much. you guys have a great week. thanks so much. and that's a wrap on this edition of "weekends with alex witt." i'll see you tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. stay with us. we'll have breaking news as it happens. again, i'm alex witt. have a great day and i'll see you with more news in about 30 minutes from now. witho
he gave romney the first debate that romney didn't clearly win. i give gingrich the best week and romney the worst. >> how about, christina, your thoughts? >> i think michele bachmann had a good week. she did well in the debate. she released a new book this week. who knows what's going to happen, but she's still staying in this, even though she has less money. so that's something to throw out there. and the worst week, this is obviously congress. and really they haven't been paying...
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he wants to debate the issues. but we are sharply divided from mitt romney. he's the goldman sachs. he won't audit the fed. let's keep it all secret. we have sharp differences with him. and we believe under romney this process of the wealth moving from the poor and the middle class to the rich is going to continue. >> doug, if you don't win maine, then realistically, when is your next opportunity as we look at this primary calendar? my director jason is is putting it up. we look at this calendar, where do you pick up a ron paul win? >> well, let me explain a little bit this delegate thing as we see it. as we see it. our object is to win delegates. we won beauty contests for two years and people kept saying, so what? it means nothing. there's no delegates. we won california straw poll and a week later they were saying herman cain is the front-runner because he won the florida straw poll. so our object is to win delegates. we will win minnesota. we may not win the beauty contest. but whether we come in third or seconds or first, we will have most of the delegates out of minnesota beca
he wants to debate the issues. but we are sharply divided from mitt romney. he's the goldman sachs. he won't audit the fed. let's keep it all secret. we have sharp differences with him. and we believe under romney this process of the wealth moving from the poor and the middle class to the rich is going to continue. >> doug, if you don't win maine, then realistically, when is your next opportunity as we look at this primary calendar? my director jason is is putting it up. we look at this...
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anytime the debate is not about the economy, romney talks about the economy almost exclusively. and the president wants to talk about more divisive issues among republicans. >> one of the things that neither campaign seems to be really intent on discussing, mitt romney's time as governor of massachusetts, we have not heard a great deal of talk about that. why do you think that is, felicia? >> i think it's -- there are some good things in that record and there are some things he would probably rather not focus in on. i think many voters in massachusetts have mixed feeling about his time as governor there. on the one hand, democrats will point to the fact that as governor -- while romney was governor of massachusetts, the state was 47th in job creation. there are all kinds of statistics there that are not exactly a good one for romney. then his campaign counters that he created about 40,000 jobs as governor. i think it's something that they would just rather sort of move past that and it's an easier argument for him to make that when it comes to private sector job creation, that's
anytime the debate is not about the economy, romney talks about the economy almost exclusively. and the president wants to talk about more divisive issues among republicans. >> one of the things that neither campaign seems to be really intent on discussing, mitt romney's time as governor of massachusetts, we have not heard a great deal of talk about that. why do you think that is, felicia? >> i think it's -- there are some good things in that record and there are some things he...
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and we are going to win this debate. >> mitt romney and paul ryan will be campaigning side by side on monday in new hampshire as the gop candidates try to build support before the start of that republican convention later this month in tampa. tuesday, romney will head to texas. paul ryan heading to philadelphia. let's start in florida. nbc's ron mott is at the villages. ron, this was paul rye and most detailed speech on medicare so far. how did it go over down there? >> hey there, craig. i think it went over very well as far as folks who came out to hear him today. this is large lay pro romney/ryan crowd. a if you obama supporters among the crowd here but mostly by and large a romney/ryan crowd here. what paul ryan said he wanted to come here to do is tell people what the president isn't telling him. he said the president raided this medicare program to pay for the affordable care act which the republicans like it call obama care to the tune of $716 billion. and so the crowd obviously moaned and groaned when they heard that. the benefits as currently prescribed will not change. what h
and we are going to win this debate. >> mitt romney and paul ryan will be campaigning side by side on monday in new hampshire as the gop candidates try to build support before the start of that republican convention later this month in tampa. tuesday, romney will head to texas. paul ryan heading to philadelphia. let's start in florida. nbc's ron mott is at the villages. ron, this was paul rye and most detailed speech on medicare so far. how did it go over down there? >> hey there,...
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this debate needs to happen so people have a bert idea of what's going on and i don't think mitt romney wants to have that conversation. >> can i ask both of you how much you think, regardless of how this turns out in june, how much you think this health care debate will be a topic come november? >> well, this is a very unpopular bill. doug can spin it any way he wants. what you have to remember is most people were happy with their health care coming into this and now it's turned upside down. a lot of analysts think at the end of the day the costs are going to be huge and add to the budget deficit as companies and whole industries opt out of the -- of their current health care to go into the government plan. this bill was put together with two ideas, one, to get a low cbo score in the senate and secondly to get enough votes to pass the senate. it was never intended to be law, but when the democrats lost their 60th vote, they had to go with this bill. usually you fix these bills in conference and make them connect. already three major parts of this bill have been undone by the congress,
this debate needs to happen so people have a bert idea of what's going on and i don't think mitt romney wants to have that conversation. >> can i ask both of you how much you think, regardless of how this turns out in june, how much you think this health care debate will be a topic come november? >> well, this is a very unpopular bill. doug can spin it any way he wants. what you have to remember is most people were happy with their health care coming into this and now it's turned...
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it reminded me of the debates that went on four years ago. there's a difference between saying is abolish the department of education and abolish the irs. if you abolish the department of education, you risk putting off middle of the road voters who care about education. if you want to abolish the irs, you're really talking crazy stuff. then the country has no way of raising revenue. and i think that's not going to escape people's attention in the general election. i love these kinds of events where people are encouraged to get out as far as they possibly can. don't you think every word that was said there isn't going to get recorded and reappear in the general election campaign if any of these people end up on top. >> okay. michael, again, relative to mitt romney and jeb bush some of whom say the two would be front runners if for no other reason than their ability for name recognition and ability to raise money. let's listen to jeb bush talking about income inequality. >> they're frustrated. they see a small portion of the population on the
it reminded me of the debates that went on four years ago. there's a difference between saying is abolish the department of education and abolish the irs. if you abolish the department of education, you risk putting off middle of the road voters who care about education. if you want to abolish the irs, you're really talking crazy stuff. then the country has no way of raising revenue. and i think that's not going to escape people's attention in the general election. i love these kinds of events...
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i would poll at 15% against obama and romney and i'll be on the national debate stage in the presidential debates. i think if that happens, given that 80% of americans right now are saying they would consider voting for a third-party candidate, i think anything is possible. and i believe that there will be only three candidates on the ballot in all 50 states, democrat, republican, libertarian. >> i would suggest getting on your running shoes, sir. the libertarian candidate for president, former new mexico governor, a popular one. >>> office politic with rachel maddow. and we're talking drinks, there's the alcohol in her hand right there. rachel is going to give us her recipe for her favorite morning drink, a lot of fun, so don't miss it. [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher, they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] at do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay tak
i would poll at 15% against obama and romney and i'll be on the national debate stage in the presidential debates. i think if that happens, given that 80% of americans right now are saying they would consider voting for a third-party candidate, i think anything is possible. and i believe that there will be only three candidates on the ballot in all 50 states, democrat, republican, libertarian. >> i would suggest getting on your running shoes, sir. the libertarian candidate for president,...
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debates? what are the credentials there for mitt romney? >> absolutely. a lot of the credentials have to do with what president obama has done in his years in office. a lot of people think he's been weak on foreign policy and make america weak as far as how it looks to the entire world. the challenge for governor romney is what he believes he should be doing in most of these -- >> chip, isn't it a little bit of a hard sell? >> the number one issue is going to be jobs and the economy. foreign policy, everyone wants to talk about who has foreign policy experience. but most people don't vote on that issue. but we have two wars going on, a lot of issues out there people care about. governor romney's talked about that a lot during this primary season. i think he's going to contrast with what the president's done. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. do you want to -- >> alex, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. that says a lot about the president's foreign policy and his domestic polic
debates? what are the credentials there for mitt romney? >> absolutely. a lot of the credentials have to do with what president obama has done in his years in office. a lot of people think he's been weak on foreign policy and make america weak as far as how it looks to the entire world. the challenge for governor romney is what he believes he should be doing in most of these -- >> chip, isn't it a little bit of a hard sell? >> the number one issue is going to be jobs and the...
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also this ongoing multiple debates. reince priebus has tried to cut that down. romney got hung out to drive because he was hng out there for four months trying to outwrite rick santorum. you can't come back that far. here's the problem. the problem is not the number of six debaits. that's paid for by the television studios. they'll do that. the problem is the so-called exclusivity rule. that they should get rid of. there's a rule of the dnc which is different than what we had which is if you participate in another debate, then you can't participate in these six debates. that's a mistake. it's a good thing to limit the debates, but there will be 15 debates one way or another. when several interest groups in nevada or south carolina or new hampshire or iowa ask you to come to their debate three weeks before their primary, you're going to go. it's a very contorted complex thing. i think the tweak is not to add more debates because they'll happen anyway. the tweak is to get rid of the exclusivity rule. you are still welcome in the six major debates. >> clearly i ask
also this ongoing multiple debates. reince priebus has tried to cut that down. romney got hung out to drive because he was hng out there for four months trying to outwrite rick santorum. you can't come back that far. here's the problem. the problem is not the number of six debaits. that's paid for by the television studios. they'll do that. the problem is the so-called exclusivity rule. that they should get rid of. there's a rule of the dnc which is different than what we had which is if you...
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look, a couple of things, number one, for mitt romney, the other problem about the health care debate, is that it plays into whether you want to say flip-flop, etch-a-sketch, pick your campaign to you, it undermines his credibility. because he said one thing, then he did another. then he's saying this thing, but yet he had done another. that's really a fundamental problem. one of the things that's important to remember, it's the issues that matter absolutely. voters want to feel like can i trust you? are you honest and trustworthy, do i believe you're going to-day do what you say you're going to do. whether or not you agree with president obama, he's done what he said he was going to do. when it comes to the economy, all of the trends are moving in the right direction. and all that mitt romney is offering is really the same policies that got us into this and there's no sort of parallel universe where you can say, see, if we would have done it there way things would be so much better. instead what we know is by following those policies we got ourselves in trouble. i think that's where
look, a couple of things, number one, for mitt romney, the other problem about the health care debate, is that it plays into whether you want to say flip-flop, etch-a-sketch, pick your campaign to you, it undermines his credibility. because he said one thing, then he did another. then he's saying this thing, but yet he had done another. that's really a fundamental problem. one of the things that's important to remember, it's the issues that matter absolutely. voters want to feel like can i...
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he wants to get some of that into the debate. he wants to he says force romney to be more conservative. but i don't think it really makes much sense to have an active candidacy if that's the only ostensible point of it i think the reason we're seeing him get so few votes in a lot of these primaries is the voters are recognizing it's sort of a candidacy in name only at this point. >> there are reports that the santorum camp is so desperate to work out the delegate math that they went to the texas gop and they asked to make the state winner take all rather than proportional. first up, will the santorum camp be successful. and secondly, how desperate a move is that? >> i think it's a pretty desperate. it's hard to ask any state to change the rules of this state in the process. i think the first example of something similar coming to mind is hubert humphrey trying to take california away from george mcgovern when he was going down in flames. it's not likely logistically the way to do this would be to get republican leaders in texas t
he wants to get some of that into the debate. he wants to he says force romney to be more conservative. but i don't think it really makes much sense to have an active candidacy if that's the only ostensible point of it i think the reason we're seeing him get so few votes in a lot of these primaries is the voters are recognizing it's sort of a candidacy in name only at this point. >> there are reports that the santorum camp is so desperate to work out the delegate math that they went to...
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the perry/romney tension has been palpable this time around. >> how critical do you think this debating process is in your mind and the fact that rick perry -- you've heard the reports, reported them yourself, he may be dropping out of further debates. >> i think they're critical. while there are too many of them, i think we can agree as taxpayers there are too many of them, all it takes is one moment. your concentration breaks. something gets in the way. you're tired. it can happen. and you make what can be a fatal error to your campaign. we've seen examples of it in national debates. and that's why they're so fraught. that's why we all tune in at seemingly week after week and there's tension in the air. >> let's talk about where we are. first of all, in general, the new show "rock center," what can we expect from that? >> well, there will -- look, only so many models to compare it to in the news magazine business. there's "60 minutes," "dateline," "nightline" "real sports" on hbo and we'll borrow from all of them. we'll have as spets that you won't so oe other shows. we'll have guests
the perry/romney tension has been palpable this time around. >> how critical do you think this debating process is in your mind and the fact that rick perry -- you've heard the reports, reported them yourself, he may be dropping out of further debates. >> i think they're critical. while there are too many of them, i think we can agree as taxpayers there are too many of them, all it takes is one moment. your concentration breaks. something gets in the way. you're tired. it can...
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cain and romney come out one/two in a new battleground state. is the gop presidential chase becoming a two-man race? >>> and up for debate? rick perry decides on his debating future. will he or won't he? good sunday to you. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." i'm craig melvin filling in for alex this morning. here's what's happening right now. the remnants of that huge october snowstorm still wreaking havoc across parts of the northeast. it hit fast and it hit hard and unexpectedly in many parts. here's the very latest. at least three deaths are being blamed on the storm. one each in massachusetts, connecticut, and pennsylvania. right now, utility companies are calling in workers from other states to help get the power back on after electricity was cut off to about 3.1 million people. meanwhile, airlines in philadelphia and new york city are working to get stranded passengers on their way this morning. airports in those cities hit especially hard. the storm led to 1,000 canceled flights nationwide. this morning here in new york, the cleanup in
cain and romney come out one/two in a new battleground state. is the gop presidential chase becoming a two-man race? >>> and up for debate? rick perry decides on his debating future. will he or won't he? good sunday to you. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." i'm craig melvin filling in for alex this morning. here's what's happening right now. the remnants of that huge october snowstorm still wreaking havoc across parts of the northeast. it hit fast and it hit hard and...
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herman cain and benefitted from these great debate performances he's had but the years and years he's spent in washington and then outside of elected office, essentially being a lobbyists, are final willing going to catch up with him and hurt him. >> i would agree with the exception of this is not news that newt gingrich is an inside the beltway guy. and yet he still seems to be rising. i mean, everybody knows his past. everybody knows his leadership and then lack thereafter. >> i think when you put a dollar figure on how much inside the beltway, $37 million, he profiting off who he is, off that access, i think that puts a different spin on it. as well as if you look at some of the pogs positions whefs at this think tank, essentiallily for the mandate. he said anybody making over $50,000 should have health care insurance or post a bond. that puts him in the same league with mitt romney. >> i'm curious of your thoughts on herman cain because one poll out of iowa shows he's leading by four points. he's still hanging around despite the gaffes. how is he doing that? >> this is a good ques
herman cain and benefitted from these great debate performances he's had but the years and years he's spent in washington and then outside of elected office, essentially being a lobbyists, are final willing going to catch up with him and hurt him. >> i would agree with the exception of this is not news that newt gingrich is an inside the beltway guy. and yet he still seems to be rising. i mean, everybody knows his past. everybody knows his leadership and then lack thereafter. >> i...